ikuo

n. · class 6

mortality, death. Mortality, death. The death or death rate of animals (especially poultry chicks) or plants in agricultural settings, often tracked as a key production metric.

Example: Nĩguo kũnyihia ikuo, njui na nyina ihingirwo ciũmba-inĩ, ningĩ ona kũrĩ mũthenya, ihingĩrwo na iheo irio irĩ na protein njega. (To reduce deaths, house the hen and chicks in the hut at night, put them in enclosures during the day with quality protein feed); Ikuo cia njui na ngũkũ no ikoragwo na ũtiganũ mũnene, ũũ atĩ no ikue ciothe kana ciathe gũkua onea ĩmwe, kũringana na ũrũrũ wa njamuthi ĩyo. (In both chicks and old birds’ mortality varies from zero to 100 percent depending on the virulence of the organism.); Ikuo nyingĩ nĩ cionekaga kuumana na mĩrimũ ta Newcastle na nyamũ iria irĩaga ngũkũ. (High death rates arising from diseases such as Newcastle and predators)

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